Cystic lymphangioma of the pancreas

Figure 1 A well-circumscribed 35 mm polycystic lesion in the body of the pancreas, with thin septa within the lesion. A: US scan demonstrating the polycystic tumour of the body of the pancreas; B: CT scan showing the cystic tumour with fine septa.

Figure 2 Tumour surrounded by normal pancreatic tissue. A: The excised polycystic mass; B: The tumour after sectioning.

Figure 3 Microscopically all the sections (HE stain). A: Vascular spaces of the pancreatic cystic Lymphangioma containing predominantly clear fluid with few erythrocytes or lymphocytes (× 13); B: The cysts and dilated lymphatics in the surrounding pancreatic tissue are lined with a thin endothelial layer (× 64).